Crayola Kids
By Jean Armour Polly,
Common Sense Media Reviewer
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Wonderful site with lots of rainy-day fun!
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What’s It About?
According to the Crayola site, every year U.S. kids spend 6.3 million hours coloring. Crayola wants to encourage kids to spend even more time in this offline activity. Their website gives families lots of ideas and opportunities to spend time together both online and offline. It includes a large searchable database of projects, lesson plans for educators, and engaging games for everyone.
Is It Any Good?
Some of the games might be a little tricky for the youngest players. For example, in "Rainbow, the Spouting Trout," one child might be assigned to select the correct color while another is tasked with aiming the fish's spout. But the whole family will enjoy playing with the "Fireworks Spectacular" tool. Select from a palette of fireworks and arrange them on an event timeline. Then start the show and watch your pyrotechnic choreography light up the sky.
Most of the games allow players to print the resulting images, so they can be colored (with Crayola crayons, of course!). There's also a huge ditty bag of craft ideas, with clear directions, plus suggested books and videos to go along with each project. We do miss the detailed tour of How a Crayon Is Made that used to be on the site. There's a stripped-down version, but it serves mostly as a teaser to attract visitors to the Crayola Factory destination in Easton, Pa.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about which games and activities kids like best and why.
Which is more fun: coloring online or coloring on paper?
Do you like filling in coloring books or drawing your own pictures from scratch? What are you favorite crayon colors?
Website Details
- Subjects: Language & Reading: following directions, Arts: drawing, painting
- Skills: Tech Skills: digital creation, social media, Creativity: imagination, innovation, making new creations
- Genre: Educational
- Pricing structure: Free
- Last updated: November 4, 2015
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